July 17, 2015

Obituaries

Please submit in writing to our office by 10 a.m. Thursday before the week of publication; be sure to state date of death. Obituaries of archdiocesan priests serving our archdiocese are listed elsewhere in The Criterion. Order priests and religious sisters and brothers are included here, unless they are natives of the archdiocese or have other connections to it; those are separate obituaries on this page.

HENDRICKSON, Brian Patrick, 68, St. Joan of Arc, Indianapolis, June 29. Husband of Judith (Griffin) Hendrickson. Father of Brian, Jeff and Scott Hendrickson. Brother of Eileen Gariepy, David and Michael Hendrickson. Grandfather of two.

PHILLIPS, James W., 73, St. Gabriel, Connersville, May 31. Husband of Diana (Hinners) Phillips. Father of Gena Swiderek, Laura Wilhelm, Craig and James Phillips. Brother of Margaret Smith and Mark Phillips. Grandfather of four.

Franciscan Sister Elora Schmidt, a member of the Manitowoc, Wis.-based Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, died on June 30, 2015, at Holy Family Convent in Manitowoc. She was 81.

The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on July 3 at the Holy Family Convent Chapel. Burial followed at the convent cemetery.

Margaret Schmidt was born on May 8, 1934, in Indianapolis.

She entered the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity in 1952 and professed vows in 1954.

Sister Elora earned a bachelor’s degree at Holy Family College in Manitowoc, and a master’s degree at Marquette University in Milwaukee.

She ministered in Catholic high schools in Illinois, Ohio, Nebraska and Wisconsin, and as an administrator and in formation of postulants and junior sisters at Holy Family Convent. She retired to the St. Rita Health Center at the motherhouse in 2009.

Sister Margaret is survived by three sisters, Vivian Beard, Kathryn Berger and Edith Bordenkecher and several nieces and nephews. †